Health, Safety and Wellbeing Specialist
About Gold Coast Private Hospital
Gold Coast Private Hospital is part of Healthscope, Australia's only national private hospital operator. We service every Australian State and Territory and employ close to 19,000 people.
About the Role
The Health, Safety and Wellbeing (HSW) Specialist has overall responsibility for the development of the Site HSW Improvement Plan for Gold Coast Private Hospital.
Key Accountabilities
* Provide direction, support, and leadership to the Hospital Executive Team in the achievement of HSW objectives and goals.
* Build capability and enhance accountability for safety amongst managers, supervisors, HSC members through coaching and influencing to implement and embed Healthscope's HSW Management System and programs.
* Display and promote HSW practices through active field-based leadership and engagement.
* Drive safe systems of work, quality incident investigations and the delivery of visible and felt leadership through the implementation of education, coaching and monitoring programs.
* Consult with managers, supervisors, HSC, contractors and third parties on brownfield and operational safety issues and provide advice and assistance in identifying opportunities and solutions that enhance HSW outcomes.
* Participate and contribute to risk management activities including facilitating risk and workplace assessments, contributing to the development of SOPs, conducting control verification, participating in assurance activities, and leading LTI investigations.
* Conduct performance monitoring activities such as preparation of site HSW reports.
* Develop, implement, and monitor gap closure plans in consultation with the Hospital Executive Team.
* Monitor and review Site HSW performance with the Hospital Executive Team to identify and act on trends, hotspots and celebrate success.
* Participate in regulator inspections pertaining to HSW.
* Participate and contribute to State and National delivery of strategic programs and initiatives, forums and advisory committees to drive HSW improvements.
Why Join Healthscope?
When you join Healthscope, you become part of our Community of Care. Our people are at the heart of our organisation - no matter the role, every day our people make a difference to the lives of our patients and their families.
Flexibility
We offer flexibility to work across one or multiple hospitals across our network.
Benefits
We pride ourselves on working with talented, passionate and caring people to ensure our patients receive the highest quality care and experience during their stay with us. Some benefits include:
* Flexibility to work across one or multiple hospitals across our network.
* Discounted health insurance (non-casuals only).
* Continuous professional development, education & support provided to encourage growth.
Requirements
* Minimum 5 years' experience working in Work Health and Safety.
* Mandatory qualifications:
o Diploma in Work, Health and Safety or higher.
o Vehicle drivers licence appropriate to the State or Territory.
o Incident and Investigation training, e.g. ICAM or similar.
o Worked in Healthcare.
o Auditing Qualification.
o Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment.
o Membership or affiliation with a safety professional association.